CM Gautam

Five Karnataka players were among those drafted in to the Rest of India, Board President's XI and India A squads.

Karnataka's prolific run-getters CM Gautam and Robin Uthappa have been drafted into the India A squads for their home series against New Zealand A side.

Mumbai's Abhishek Nayar gave his team another reason to worry on Day 1 of their Ranji semis, suffering a concussive head injury while fielding.

India A cricketer CM Gautam was declared Karnataka's Most Valuable Player for the Ranji Trophy season gone by while a host of best performers of state cricket were also honoured for their excellence at the Karnataka State Cricket Association's gala award ceremony on Wednesday.

Two more domestic cricketers were arrested on Thursday in connection with the KPL fixing scandal, taking the total number of those detained to six. Bellary Tuskers captain CM Gautam, a former Karnataka wicketkeeper-batsman, and his teammate Abrar Kazi were arrested by the city Central Crime Branch. Gautam and Kazi have played in domestic cricket and the IPL also.

Luke Ronchi (125 off 110 balls) helped the Kiwis fight back after Jalaj Saxena (6-106) grabbed the limelight on Day 2 of the three-day match between India 'A' and New Zealand 'A'.

Skipper Karun Nair continued his fine form, slamming a double hundred to put KSCA Secretary's XI on top against Andhra Cricket Association on the second day of the four-day Safi Darashah All India cricket tournament.

Mayank Agarwal is in the form of his life. The 26-year-old continued his impressive season with another astounding ton (173) against Railways in New Delhi on Saturday at the Karnail Singh stadium to become the only Karnataka cricketer to score four straight centuries in a Ranji Trophy season.

Ranji Trophy champions Karnataka flexed their batting muscle to further pile misery on a clueless Rest of India team at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.

The Karnataka high court on Wednesday granted bail to cricketers CM Gautam and Abrar Kazi nearly five weeks after they were arrested in connection with Karnataka Premier League (KPL) spot-fixing scandal.

Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru city police probing allegations of match-fixing and spot-fixing in Karnataka Premier League (KPL) netted the first big fish on Thursday, with the arrest of former Karnataka Ranji captain and wicketkeeper CM Gautam.

The recent arrests of Karnataka wicketkeeper CM Gautam and Mizoram captain Abrar Kazi by the Central Crime Branch on charges of match-fixing in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL) has brought the focus firmly on whether the BCCI is indeed serious at curbing corruption in cricket.

R Samarth continued his terrific form , scoring a second straight century to power KSCA President's XI into a position of dominance against Haryana in the All India Safi Darashah cricket tournament semifinals.

Karnataka put up a collective batting display to take a massive 324-run lead against Delhi, who face an arduous task to save the match with two days to go in their Ranji Trophy Group B match.

Bottom-placed Saurashtra were poised for an upset win over Karnataka after their spinners spun a web around the opposition batsmen on the third and penultimate day of their Group B Ranji Trophy cricket match on Thursday.

Two more domestic cricketers were arrested on Thursday in connection with the Karnataka Premier League fixing scandal, taking the total number of those detained to six.

Wicketkeeper-batsman CM Gautam cracked an unbeaten double century (200) as KSCA XI thrashed Tripura Cricket Association by an innings and 205 runs in the Dr Thimmappaiah Memorial All-India Invitational cricket tournament at the RSI ground on Saturday.

The recently reconstituted Karnataka senior selection committee sure missed a trick when they denied themselves the chance to groom a second line of wicketkeepers for the state team.

Niraj Patel struck a 32-ball 40 and shared a 65-run stand with Jesal Karia for the fifth wicket to help Gujarat beat Odisha by three wickets in a Super League (Group A) match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, on Tuesday.

Robin Uthappa was on Friday included in the Karnataka cricket squad for the knockout phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy to be held in Ranchi from March 25 to 31.

Interacting with mediapersons in West Champaran, the CM asked about the incident and where it happened. Then, he looked at the officers behind him and said that he will look into the matter.

Abhimanyu Mithun produced another hostile spell of fast bowling to bring a quick end to Maharashtra innings and give Karnataka an innings and 36-run win in the Ranji Trophy Group `A' cricket match here on Saturday.

Superb half-centuries by Abhimanyu Easwaran (69, 82b, 8x4), Ruturaj Gaikwad (58, 48b, 7x4, 2x6), skipper Shreyas Iyer (61, 69b, 7x4) and Manoj Tiwary (59 not out, 51b, 8x4) helped India B finally end Karnataka’s juggernaut in One-day cricket and clinch the Deodhar Trophy by six wickets

Assam Cricket Association were fighting with their backs to the wall after hosts KSCA XI racked up a mammoth 605/7 declared on the second day of their four-day Dr Thimmappaiah memorial all-India cricket tournament at the M Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday.

Faiz Fazal's team entered the season as they had the past few: as a team bristling with promise, but needing something extra to drive them through the crucial knockout stage. That came in the form of the young pace bowler, who starred in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and most critically the final against Delhi in Indore, where he was Man of the Match in Vidarbha's nine-wicket win over the much fancied opposition.

For a brief while, it looked like time had stood still at the Alur (2) ground. Batting comfortably at 176 and cruising towards a double century, Mayank Agarwal, in an attempt to sneak a cheeky single through backward point, rushed out of the crease.

Mayank Agarwal would not have minded had time stood still sometime after the sun began its descent over Pune on Friday.

Karnataka on Saturday named R Vinay Kumar as their captain for the South Zone Twenty20 competition for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy to be played at Shimoga from March 17 to 22.